600 nm east of Ioshima. Departing on June 8, 2006 for another deployment in the Pacific, VFA-195 took part in Exercise Valiant Shield 2006 between June 19 and 23, 2006 with the USMC and USAF (including the B-2A Spirit). Around a year later, the squadron took part in Valiant Shield 2007. That same year, they also took part in Exercise Malabar 07-2 with CVW-11, the Royal Australian Navy, JSMDF, The Republic of Singapore Navy and the Indian Navy, which ended on September 9. On May 28, 2008 USS Kitty Hawk left Yokosuka for the last time, heading for Pearl Harbor along with CVW-5 and VFA-195, the latter two of which were preparing to move to USS George Washington CVN-73. The Kitty Hawk, CVW-5 and VFA-195 firstly arrived at Hawaii on July 1, before taking part in RIMPAC 2008 on July 8. They then returned back to Hawaii before departing for San Diego on August 1, 2008. VFA-195 and the rest of CVW-5 flew off the Kitty Hawk on August 6 before it arrived on August 7 in San Diego. This was the first time since 1986 that VFA-195 had been on the Mainland US. VFA-195 and the rest of CVW-5 then transitioned to the George Washington and left on August 20 for Yokosuka. On September 25, 2008, VFA-195 arrived back in Japan. In March 2009, VFA-195 sent six of their aircraft along with VFA-27, who sent eight of theirs to take part in Cope Tiger 2009 in Thailand with the Thai Armed Forces, Singapore and USAF. 2010s During late 2010 the squadron transitioned to the F/A-18E Super Hornet. In late 2015, CVW-5 was scheduled to be transferred to which replaced USS George Washington as the U.S. Navy's forward deployed aircraft carrier at Yokosuka, Japan. See also Naval aviation Modern US Navy carrier air operations List of United States Navy aircraft squadrons List of Inactive United States Navy aircraft squadrons References Web VFA-195's official website Military units and formations established in 1943 FS0195 Strike fighter squadrons of the United States Navy